Re: Question about Vendor option

Ralph Droms <droms@bucknell.edu> Fri, 01 March 1996 04:52 UTC

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From: Ralph Droms <droms@bucknell.edu>
Subject: Re: Question about Vendor option
Cc: B Mahesh <mahesh@wipro.wipsys.soft.net>

At 11:21 AM 2/28/96, B Mahesh wrote:
>As per RFC 1533, Sec 9.6, each requested parameter is a
>valid DHCP option code.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>What does the term 'valid DHCP option code' refer to ? Can the option
>code be any of the numbers specified in RFC1533, that include the RFC1497
>vendor extensionsi also?

Yes, the code can be any RFC1533 option or any option defined subsequently
in a later DHCP options RFC.

- Ralph